First two bilateral hand transplantations in India (Part 4): Immediate post-operative care, immunosuppression protocol and monitoring

First two bilateral hand transplantations in India (Part 4): Immediate post-operative care, immunosuppression protocol and monitoring

Introduction: Being able to counter immune-mediated rejection has for decades been the single largest obstacle for the progress of vascular composite allotransplantation (VCA). The human immune system performs the key role of differentiating the ‘self’ from the ‘non-self’. This, although is quintess...

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Main Authors: Subramania Iyer, Mohit Sharma, P. Kishore, Jimmy Mathew, R. Janarthanan, Raghuveer Reddy, Abhijeet Wakure, Sundeep Vijayaraghavan, S. M. Chetan Mali, Visakh Varma, Ashish Chaudhari, Swapnil Dhake, Akshay Omkumar, George Kurian, Rajesh Nair, Anil Mathew, Zachariah Paul, Malini Eapen, Lalitha Biswas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2017-05-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
composite tissue allotransplantation
hand transplantation
immunosuppression
vascular composite allotransplantation
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ijps.IJPS_96_17

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